Webinar Series: Challenges and Opportunities in Post-Pandemic Work & Employment

It is interesting and useful to ask if the COVID pandemic of 2020-22 has caused some long-term changes in our lives, work patterns and leisure. Many are seeking different jobs and work patterns, and even relocating their homes, leading some to call this trend “The Great Resignation”.

No doubt that the pandemic experience has redefined our focus on what we aspire for in terms of work, employment, leisure, and where we make our home. While some trends like remote work predated the pandemic, our recent experience and newer technologies have propelled us faster in the direction of work-from-anywhere (WfA). This trend is transforming work patterns and rippling through the economy across many sectors: housing, real estate, technology, auto, and travel, among others. These trends offer opportunities as well as challenges for all of us: workers, employers, and policymakers.

This talk will explore options available to us in this environment and discuss strategies on how we could optimize our choices and work-life balance.

Dr. Anil Verma is Professor Emeritus at the Rotman School of Management and the Centre for Industrial Relations & Human Resources, University of Toronto. He served as the Director of the Centre for Industrial Relations & Human Resources during 2009-15. He has taught previously at the University of California, Los Angeles, the University of British Columbia, the University of Saskatchewan, and worked in the steel industry as an engineer for five years. He has taught by invitation in Vietnam, Brazil, Russia, India, China and Thailand.

During 2013-14, he was appointed by the Government of Ontario as Chair of the Minimum Wage Advisory Panel. He has served on the Advisory Board of the Sheffield University Business School (UK) and was a Visiting Professor at Middlesex University Business School (UK) during 2005-2010.

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